Path To Craftsmanship: Don’t Buy Awful Safety Gear 🪖
I’ve spent thousands of terrible long hours in safety gear working in the chemical industry. I was also fortunate to have a company who frequently searched for the best safety equipment as part of their regular program. I got to try out a lot. - Hackaday
# Soldering
The fumes from leaded solder don’t themselves contain lead. The iron isn’t hot enough to vaporize the metal itself. - Resources to get good at soldering?
- The fumes are from the flux, and breathing those can be problematic.
- The immediate health risk in using leaded solder is all about touch and ingestion. Handling the solder gets lead on your fingers… But then if you touch food or mucous membranes (pick your nose, put your finger in your mouth, rub your eyes, etc.), you can get lead in your system. Not much, but once there, it doesn’t leave, so accumulates over time.
Written on December 30, 2019, Last update on October 31, 2020
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